Autoimmune pancreatitis: An update

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Sugumar, Aravind ^a   Chari, Suresh ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Sausage shaped pancreas; Serum IgG4; Type 1 AIP; Type 2 AIP

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CHOICE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; ONSET AGE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 67649888334     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.09.2     Document Type: Review

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